Island



s. R. WERDEN.

WICK FOR GANDLBS,&. No. 31,045.

Patented Jan. 1, 1861L A entren sTArEs Parleur cerros..

v STEPHEN R. WEEDEN, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.`

LAMP AND CANDLE WICK.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 31,045, dated January 1, 1861.

To all whom it 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, S. R. VEEDEN, of the city and county of Providenceand State oi Rhode Island, have invented a new and Improved lVick forCandles and Lamps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a tull,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming part ot' this specification, inwhichlligures l and .2 are opposite side views of a piece of my improvedwick. F ig. 3 eX- hibits a central section of a candle havingl myimproved wick.

Similar letters ot reference indicate cor` responding parts in thevseveral figures.'

My invention consists in a wick composed of a single strand enchained ina series'of loo )s each loo) bassin@ throuOh a sinOle' .y l o e e loopand receivmg a single loop, like the thread in tambour work as shown inFigs. l. and 2, which represent a portion of the wick with the loops a,b, o', (l, loose. The wick lthus formed possesses in an eminent degreethe necessary capillarity that is to say a capacity t'or absorbing themelted tallow or other material of which the body ot a candle isComposed and conducting it to the flame, besides which it turns out ofthe flame so as to be consumed without requiring to be snulled.

This wick may be made either by hand by forming the loops in regularsuccession and drawing each one through its predecessor,

by the lingers either with or without the aid of a hooked needle such asis used in what is known as crochet work, or it may be formed by amachine with a hooked needle, or by a machine with an eye pointed needleand a looper operating in combination in a manner somewhat similar tothe eye pointed needle and looper of a sewing ma.-` chine. I proposehowever always to make it by a machine on account ofthe greater speedwith which it can be made as by using a machine with several needlesseveral wicks can be made at the same time.

I am aware that a plait or braid of precisely similar structure to mywick has been made for a variety of purposes but believe that such plaitor braid has .never been made of a loose' yarn suitable for use as awick and therefore consider my wick to be a new article of manufacture.I am also aware that a wick patented by J.Y. Leslie is made byenchaining a single thread in a series of double loops. And in view ofthe above facts I do not claim to have invented a neuY mode of braidingor to be the first inventor of' an enchained single thread wick. But

lVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:i

The wick composed of a single strand enchained in a series of singleloops' as herein described.

STEPHEN R. IVEEDEN.

IVitnesses t.

HENRY MARTIN, ALBERT M. HEwrrT.

